VICTORIA: featuring Max Watson’s Franks & Les Molnar’s TPOs (#135MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 301-400 of 492. Previous|12345|Next Lot 301 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - TREASURER, THE: Die 2 printed in blue on 1870s postcard with 'RECEIPT AND PAY OFFICE' imprint on the reverse (S&W #P20), a joined pair (sensibly reinforced with archival tape), unused. The only such "multiple" recorded for any frank. [The cards are perforated on two or three sides. We expect they were supplied in books - not sheets - and that a "page" was a vertical strip of either three or, less likely, four cards] SymbolPSGradeA View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 302 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - WATER SUPPLY, MINISTER OF: Handstamp in black very fine strike on plain 1892 envelope with 'VICTORIAN/[Arms]/WATER SUPPLY' crest in black on the flap (S&W #E20), local usage. Superb! Rated RRR. SymbolCGradeA+ View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 303 OFFICIAL MAIL - FRANK STAMPS - WATER SUPPLY, MINISTER OF: Superb h/s in blue on postcard with Melbourne duplex of FE29/88 (S&W #P10; the earliest recorded Minister of Water Supply frank); printed on four different envelopes without imprint (one a "penalty" type) and on five different postcards (one with the advice on the reverse inverted, one with 'WATER SUPPLY OFFICE/MALOP-STREET/GEELONG' imprint #P50: the only recorded example). (10) SymbolCPSGradeA/B View details Quantity10Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 304 TRAVELLING POST OFFICES - Collection of virtually all different TPO postmarks on piece or stamp including a few multiples, many are part-strikes only but there are many very fine to superb strikes and a good number of rarities including 'TPO/ 2 ' obliterator (rated RRRR) & Large Octagon '.../MG2' (RRRRR); 'TPO/ 3 ' Obliterator first period (RRRR) & boxed '____/TPO No [3]'; 'TPO 4/DOWN.../VICTORIA' (RRRR); MG5 Down Duplex (RRRRR); MG6 Down 22mm Octagon (RRRR) & 'TPO 6/DOWN...' with arcs (RRRR); M GST†SymbolSΔ View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot 305 TRAVELLING POST OFFICES - Collection of covers with all different array of TPO markings on cover Postal Card or PPC mostly removed from Les Molnar's exhibit pages (including from pages in earlier versions of the exhibit), a high proportion are cancellations rather than backstamps & most strikes - including most of those listed below - are fine to superb, some better usages including on franked envelopes, "Beer n Baccy" Postal Card, Fullface scenic Letter Card in pale emerald & Registration Envel GST†SymbolCPS View details Quantity73Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold Lot 306 TRAVELLING POST OFFICES - First Type Datestamps comprising Large Vertical Oval 'UP/TRAVELLING/POST OFFICE/VICTORIA/MG1' very fine b/s on 1877 Postal Card, '..../MG3' fine b/s on 1867 cover, and '.../MG4' b/s on 1869 cover, also Large Octagon 'DOWN/.../MG4' b/s on 1869 cover with the original letter. Rated R, R, RRR and RRR respectively. A very desirable quartet, especially of this quality. (4) GST†SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity4Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 307 TRAVELLING POST OFFICES - Commonwealth Period Datestamps all different selection comprising 'UP' types for 'TPO 2' (rated RRRR on cover), 'TPO 3', 'TPO 6' (RRRR), 'TPO 7' (RRRR), 'TPO 9' (RR), 'TPO 11' (RRR), 'TPO 13' (RRRR), 'TPO 15' (RRR), 'TPO 16' (RRRRR), 'TPO 17' (RR) & 'TPO 19' (RRRR), and 'DOWN types for 'TPO 6' (RRRR), 'TPO 9' (RRRR) & 'TPO 17' (RRRR), condition variable but all presentable and the strikes are generally very fine to superb. An exceptional lot. A remarkable opportunity to GST†SymbolCPS View details Quantity14Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Lot 308 TRAVELLING POST OFFICES - Les Molnar's display pages for his 9-frame Large Gold exhibit plus pages from earlier versions of the exhibit, with a significant number - probably 100+ - of cancels on stamps & covers remaining throughout, mostly lesser items but a few better items noted. Most bundles of exhibit pages offer little of substance, being sparingly annotated, providing no more information than is glaringly obvious, or merely parroting the leading catalogue or reference book. That is not the GST†SymbolSCPS View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot 309 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 1: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) superb strike of 'FE2265' on small piece. A highly significant item, being the earliest recorded Victorian TPO marking, from only two days after the service commenced on 20.2.1865. It is also one of only two recorded examples with MMDDYY configuration of the date slugs. GST†SymbolΔGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 310 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 1: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) very fine large-part strikes of 'AP2165' & '10JY65' both on Laureates 4d. The first is the later of only two recorded examples with MMDDYY configuration of the date slugs & the earliest recorded TPO datestamp on an adhesive: illustrated at page 38. The other is the earliest recorded date for the corrected date format. GST†SymbolSGradeB A2 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 311 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 1: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) very fine cancel of 14AU65 tying Laureates 4d to cover to Melbourne (very fine b/s), very fine 'MORE TO PAY'-in-oval h/s with "1/-" inserted but amended to "6d". Ex Charles Lathrop Pack and Roy Holland: acquired for £720. Another extremely important item, being the earliest recorded TPO cover, the only recorded cover showing the 6d charge for late fee on TPO letters unpaid & taxed, and one of only three covers GST†SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 312 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 1: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) superb cancel of 22SE65 tying Laureates 1d pair to cover & another equally fine strike on the reverse, to the Curator of Intestate Estates in Melbourne (very fine b/s), light vertical filing fold at left. Rated RRRRR as a cancellation on cover: illustrated at page 38. [The letter replies to a request for an opinion of the value of an allotment at Maidstone, which the writer says, not especially helpfully, could GST†SymbolCGradeB A1+ View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 313 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 1: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) very fine b/s of '29JU72' on cover with very fine boxed 'PAID AT/MT WALLACE' handstamp & 'MT WALLACE' cds - the earlier by 26 years of only two recorded examples - on the face plus transit b/s of 'DURDIDWARRAH' (the earlier of only two recorded strikes), 'STEIGLITZ' (ERD; recorded 4 years only) & 'MEREDITH' plus Geelong arrival b/s. An extraordinary combination of rare postal markings. [Goldmining. Durdidwarrah GST†SymbolCGradeA A1 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 314 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 1: 'TPO/ 1 ' obliterator superb cancel tying Naish 2d to cover with largely superb Type 3 'UP TRAIN/MG1/ MR25/89/VICTORIA' cds b/s, Melbourne transit & Hawthorn arrival b/s, a little soiled. Most examples are on 1d Postal Cards. GST†SymbolCGradeB A2 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 315 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 1: Type 2 (Duplex) 'TPO/ 1 ' right-hand portion of the duplex superb cancel on Bell 2d. Rated RRRR: only 9 partial strikes on stamps - and no covers - are recorded. GST†SymbolSGradeA- A3+ View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 316 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 1 (Large Octagon) superb b/s of 24JY67 on outer with Laureates 2d & 4d tied by two superb strikes of the 'TPO/ 1 ' obliterator. Ex Roy Holland: acquired for £252 (one of many bargains in that sale). The earliest recorded examples of both markings. The octagon is rated RRRR (8 covers recorded). The obliterator is rated RRRRR - only three recorded - on Down Train covers. GST†SymbolCGrade(A-) A1+ View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 317 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 1 (Large Octagon) superb strike of 18DC74 alongside almost as fine a strike of the large oval of the next day on reverse of "turned" Justice of the Peace lettersheet to Lal Lal with 'BUNINYONG RY STN' transit (only two other examples recorded), redirected to "Leighwood/Toorak" with 23mm 'TOORAK' arrival b/s (recorded four years only), small piece missing from the face. A remarkable item, being the only recorded cover with both the f GST†SymbolCLGradeA- A1+ View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 318 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 1 (Large Octagon) superb strike of 29JU76 on reverse of 1d Postal Card from Geelong to 'TALBOT' (21½mm b/s; only the second recorded example). Superb! Ex Roy Holland: acquired for £132 (another bargain). GST†SymbolPSGradeA+ A1+ View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 319 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 2 (Duplex) largely very fine strike of MR13/72 - 'TPO/ 1 ' a bit indistinct against the blue stamp - tying Laureates 6d to cover with imprint of Terminus Hotel (Geelong) to Ballarat (b/s), part-flap removed & a little aged. Rated RRRRR on cover: the only recorded strike on cover. Ex Roy Holland: acquired for £312. [This & the next lot are further examples of the late fee having been reduced to 4d] GST†SymbolCGradeB A1- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 320 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 3 (Small Octagon) largely superb b/s of NO11/78 on cover with Laureates 6d tied by very fine strike of the 'TPO/ 1 ' obliterator (rated RRRRR on Down covers), oval 'LITTLE RIVER' superb strike on the face & superb strikes on face & reverse of the rare 'POSTED OUT/OF COURSE' handstamp, light 'EDGECOMBE' arrival cds (ERD by 28 years!) on the face, professionally repaired upper-left corner (clear of the h/s). Only four TPO covers have GST†SymbolCGrade(B) A1 View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 321 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 3 (Small Octagon) very fine strike of 'OC8/08' (the year slug '80' inverted) unusually on the face of 1d Postal Card Melbourne-Geelong but with superb 'MISSENT TO/WILLIAMSTOWN' h/s, Geelong arrival b/s of the same date, closed pinholes at U/R otherwise superb. Williamstown is on the branch line running south from the railway junction at Footscray. Absence of a second Melbourne marking indicates after processing at the Williamstown P GST†SymbolPSGrade(A) A1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 322 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 3 (Small Octagon) largely superb b/s of MY23/83 on Justice of the Peace lettersheet to Little River, "turned" & processed with superb BN '175' & fine oval 'LITTLE RIVER' d/s plus superb Type 3 'UP TRAIN/MG1' b/s of MY28/83, minor defects. The only recorded cover with Type 3 Down & Type 3 Up markings. GST†SymbolCLGradeB A1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 323 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 3 (Small Octagon) very fine b/s of SE18/84 on "turned" Justice of the Peace lettersheet to 'BRANXHOLME' (arrival b/s), reinforced along a separating fold. Rated RRR on cover. [Branxholme is 25km SW of Hamilton. This cover would therefore have continued on the train from Ballarat to Ararat, then been sent on the train to Hamilton] GST†SymbolCLGradeB A1 View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 324 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 2: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) light b/s of MR970 on cover with illustrated imprint for 'PHOENIX FOUNDRY/[phoenix]/BALLARAT' at U/L & DLR 2d tied by very fine 'BALLAARAT' duplex, to "Pioneer Crushing Works/Long Gully", superb 'SANDHURST' transit & very fine 'LONG-GULLY' arrival b/s (ERD). Rated RRRR on cover - four recorded - & no strikes on stamps or piece recorded. GST†SymbolCGradeA- B1- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 325 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 2: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) very fine b/s of DC2070 on plain cover from the same correspondence with the same markings, opened-out for display. Ex Roy Holland: acquired for £384. GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 326 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 2: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) light but very fine b/s of DC2670 (LRD, affected by a small stain) on plain cover from the same correspondence with the same markings, soiled & part of the flap missing. Ex Roy Holland: acquired for £384. GST†SymbolCGradeC A1- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 327 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 2: 'TPO/ 2 ' obliterator very fine large-part cancel on Laureates 2d. Rated RRRR on stamp; no covers recorded. GST†SymbolSGradeA A2 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot 328 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 2: Type 2 (Duplex) three cancels - one very fine - of SE12/73 tying DLR 2d strip of 3 to cover with embossed 'LESTERS HOTEL/THEATRE ROYAL/BALLARAT' crest on the flap, Melbourne arrival b/s. Rated RRRRR on cover - five recorded - but unusually not separately rated as a canceller on-cover. [Illustrated at page 44] GST†SymbolCGradeA A1 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 329 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 2: Type 1 (Large Octagon) very fine b/s of AU2968 on cover from 'STEIGLITZ' to "Horsham/ Wimmera" with Laureates 2d, oval 'STAWELL' transit & poor 'HORSHAM' arrival b/s, small repaired faults & opened-out. Rated RRRR on cover - only 5 recorded - & only one example on a stamp. Ex Roy Holland: acquired for £384. [Illustrated at page 47] GST†SymbolCGrade(B) A1 View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 330 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 2: Type 1 (Large Octagon) largely very fine b/s of SE2868 on cover from the same correspondence, minor faults including a repaired spikehole that affects the TPO d/s. GST†SymbolCGrade(B) A2 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 331 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 2: Type 2 (Duplex) largely very fine b/s of MR30/76 on cover from Melbourne to "Ascot/Nr Ballarat", 'CRESWICK' transit & light 24mm 'ASCOT' arrival b/s (the only recorded example), repaired flap tears. Rated RRRR on cover: four recorded. GST†SymbolCGradeB A2 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 332 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 2: Type 3 (Small Octagon) superb b/s of JA18/89 on mourning cover from Ireland with GB 6d Jubilee tied by superb Dublin duplex, Melbourne arrival b/s, forwarded to Queenscliff & serviced on the train between Melbourne & Geelong, light 'QUEENSCLIFF' arrival backstamp. Rated R on cover but most examples are on mail between Melbourne-Geelong-Ballarat or Geelong-Ballarat, whereas this is from the much shorter Melbourne-Geelong sector. [With the GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1+ View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 333 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - UP TRAIN 7: Type 1 (CDS) largely superb b/s on large-part OHMS lettersheet from Melbourne to "Weatherboard" with largely fine strike of the rare boxed rubber 'BURRUMBEET' railway datestamp & two light but obvious strikes of 'WEATHERBOARD HILL' cds (the only recorded examples), redirected to "Warrion/near Colac" & processed on the TPO back from Ballarat to Geelong (b/s), 'BEEAC' transit & faint 'WARRION' arrival b/s (the earlier by 21 years! of only tw GST†SymbolCLGradeA A1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 334 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 10: Type 1 (Small Octagon) three fine to very fine strikes of OC26/80 on 1d Postal Card to Ballarat with no indication of the point of origin. Rated RRRR: the earliest of seven recorded covers. Illustrated at page 10. [TPO 10 has always been regarded as the most desirable of the general series. No Up markings are recorded & most examples offered as 'MG10' are actually 'MG12' or 'MG16'] GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 335 TPOs: MELBOURNE-GEELONG-BALLARAT 1865-1890 - DOWN TRAIN 10: Type 1 (Small Octagon) two light but very fine strikes of DE24/83 (Christmas Eve) on 1d Postal Card from "Barwon Park" to Ballarat. Illustrated at page 48. [Barwon Park is a major rural property near Winchelsea, indicating carriage first to Geelong or, because there is no Geelong transit, perhaps more likely to Leigh Road, to be placed on the Geelong-Ballarat train] GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 336 TPOs: BALLARAT-ARARAT-STAWELL 1876-1895 - DOWN TRAIN 1: Type 3 (Small Octagon) largely superb b/s of MY24/78 on cover from Ballarat (or beyond) to Horsham with rare franking of Bell ½d deep rose/pink SG 195 pair & block of 6 + 2d tied by multiple superb strikes of the 'TPO/ 1 ' obliterator, 'STAWELL' transit & 24mm 'HORSHAM' arrival b/s (ERD), flap-tear clear of the markings & a little soiled. This is the only Down cover from the Ballarat-Stawell extension with the obliterator, the two other rec GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 337 TPOs: BALLARAT-ARARAT-STAWELL 1876-1895 - UP TRAIN 7: Type 1 (CDS) very fine strikes 1) of OC7/84 on face of Postal Card from 'PIMPINIO' (ERD by 16 years!) to Hochkirch (faint b/s, ERD), carried via Horsham to Stawell & by train to Ararat only, then by train SW to Hamilton (21½mm transit on the face, LRD); and 2) of SE26/93 b/s on Letter Card from 'ELMHURST' to Melbourne, carried to Ararat & by train to Melbourne via Ballarat. The latter is the latest recorded usage on cover. [The first is illus GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1 View details Quantity2Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 338 TPOs: BALLARAT-ARARAT-STAWELL 1876-1895 - UP TRAIN 7: Type 2 (Duplex) part-strike with 'TP[O]/ 7 ' on Bell 2d. Rated RRRR on stamps, with only four partial strikes & no covers recorded. GST†SymbolSGradeA A3 View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 339 TPOs: BALLARAT-ARARAT-STAWELL 1876-1895 - DOWN TRAIN 10: Type 1 (Small Octagon) largely very fine b/s of SE9/84 ('MG10' now badly worn) on Justice of the Peace lettersheet Melbourne to Sandford carried to Ballarat and the next day to Ararat & processed on that train's TPO, then SW to Hamilton & by road to 'SANDFORD' (light b/s, ERD), "turned" & sent to Melbourne with very fine recut BN '392' & 'SANDFORD' cds, and 'UP TRAIN/MG7' applied on the Ararat-Ballarat sector, reinforced along fold-separat GST†SymbolCLGrade(A-) A1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 340 TPOs: BALLARAT-ARARAT-STAWELL 1876-1895 - UP TRAIN 11: Type 1 (CDS) superb strike of DE18/85 tying Naish Redrawn 2d violet to cover with Melbourne transit & 'CAULFIELD' arrival b/s. Rated RRRRR, being the only recorded usage on cover in the 1885-90 period when used on the Stawell-Ballarat extension. [Illustrated at page 46] GST†SymbolCGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 341 TPOs: MELBOURNE-BALLARAT 1890-1917 - UP TRAIN 1: Type 3 (CDS) very fine cancel of AU23/90 typically overstruck on BN '102' of 'MOUNT EGERTON' (poor cds on the face) on Postal Card to Melbourne (b/s), minor blemishes. Only six examples on cover recorded in the period after the direct Melbourne-Ballarat Line was opened. Mount Egerton is between Ballarat & Ballan] GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1 View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 342 TPOs: MELBOURNE-BALLARAT 1890-1917 - UP TRAIN 11: Type 2 ('TPO 11') of 20AP10 & superb strike of 29OC12 on local PPCs from Bacchus Marsh to Melbourne & from Hamilton via Ararat to Melbourne redirected to Chiltern. Both rated RRR. (2) GST†SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity2Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 343 TPOs: MELBOURNE-BALLARAT 1890-1917 - UP TRAIN 11: Type 2 ('TPO 11') large-part strike of 30NO12 on Ballarat PPC from Ballarat to Melbourne unusually with curved 'LATE FEE' h/s & Postage Due 1d manuscript cancelled. [By this date, the late fee was equivalent to a single rate of postage] GST†SymbolCGradeA A2 View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 344 TPOs: MELBOURNE-BALLARAT 1890-1917 - UP TRAIN 11: Type 2 ('TPO 11') largely very fine b/s of 30OC15 on Bank cover from Bendigo (cds of 30SE15) to New York with small 'Passed' censor h/s of Melbourne in violet, repaired opening tear on the reverse clear of the cds & minor blemishes. Rated RRR, the latest recorded usage on cover. [TPO 11 is not recorded used on the Bendigo Line & it is improbable that it was transferred there even for a very short period. Les Molnar obviously took the 30OC15 date GST†SymbolCGradeB A2 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 345 TPOs: MELBOURNE-BALLARAT 1890-1917 - DOWN TRAIN 11: Type 1 (Small Octagon) superb cancel of JA17/05 tying 1d pink to cover with hand-painted illustration of a ballerina, to Serviceton with arrival cds on the face. Delightful. Rated RRRRR, being the later of only two recorded usages on cover. As Molnar & Waugh note at page 116, this marking is very common on loose stamps. [Illustrated at page 47] GST†SymbolCGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 346 TPOs: MELBOURNE-BALLARAT 1890-1917 - DOWN TRAIN 11: Type 2 ('TPO 11') fine cancel of 1JA08 on 1d pink on PPC to England. Rated RRRRR: the later of only two recorded covers. [This item probably originated at a point between Melbourne & Ballarat and was processed on the Down service to connect at Ballarat with the next English Mail service. It is an important item because it proves that TPO services operated on New Year's Day] GST†SymbolCGradeA- B1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 347 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) partial b/s of JU1466 on cover with Laureates 4d tied by BN '207' of 'KERANG' (24mm b/s, ERD by 8 years), to Ravenswood with Sandhurst transit & light but clear oval 'RAVENSWOOD' arrival b/s (the only recorded example) apparently without date slugs, repaired flap-tear clear of the markings. Rated R but rare on short-haul journeys: Ravenswood is only 10km SSW of Bendigo. The earliest recorded usage on cover. GST†SymbolCGradeB A2-` View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 348 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) very fine b/s of FE1371 on cover with Laureates 1d & 3d orange + DLR 2d tied by three very fine to superb strikes of the 'TPO/ 3 ' obliterator, Melbourne arrival b/s, light overall soiling but very attractive. The datestamp is rated R on cover - 22 recorded - but the obliterator is rated RRRRR on Up covers, this being the later of only two recorded. Ex Michael Silvasich and George Bowman who acquired it at the GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Lot 349 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) very fine b/s of FE2673 on cover with DLR 2d tied by superb Sandhurst duplex, to Buninyong - 11km S of Ballarat - but missent all the way to Ballarat (part-b/s) where placed on the next Up service with light but generally very fine strike of the MG1 Large Oval, faint 'BUNINYONG RY STN' transit (the earlier of only two recorded strikes) & Buninyong duplex arrival b/s (affected by repaired flap tear). The only r GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 350 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) very fine b/s of AP2473 on cover with De La Rue 2d tied by very fine 'DUNOLLY/ VICTORIA - 239' duplex, to Sebastopol with Castlemaine & Ballarat transits & very fine 'SEBASTOPOL' b/s (the only recorded example), unclaimed there but forwarded a month later with light 'SMYTHESDALE' transit & fine 'ROSS'S CREEK' arrival cds (the only recorded example) on the face, repaired flap tears. The latest recorded usage. GST†SymbolCGradeB A1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 351 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: 'TPO/ 3 ' obliterator superb large-part strike on Laureates 2d (light toning). Rated RRRR on stamps: 6 recorded. GST†SymbolSGradeB A2+ View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot 352 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: 'TPO/ 3 ' obliterator superb large-part strike on V/Crown 1d pink (issued 1902-05). The obliterator was withdrawn from service c.1871. This is the only recorded usage later than February 1871, & it is therefore rated RRRRR in this period. It may have been used as an emergency measure when one of the 'MG3' d/s was out-of-service for a brief period. [Molnar & Waugh state at page 120 that the stamp is Crown/A issued 1905-12; that is an error GST†SymbolSGradeA A2+ View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot 353 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: Type 2 (Duplex) very fine strike of MR1/81 tying Laureates 6d to cover to Scotland, Melbourne & British 'EDINR & CARLISLE SORTING TENDER/ + ' transit backstamps; and superb strike of AU2/95 on 1d Postal Card Bendigo-Collingwood. [It appears the duplex was withdrawn in the second half of 1890, then returned to service in 1895: rated RRR on cover in the second period of use] (2) GST†SymbolCPSGradeA- A1 View details Quantity2Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 354 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: Type 2 (duplex) superb strike of JY6/97 on stampless 'ON HEALTH BUSINESS ONLY' lettersheet (advising of a smallpox outbreak), 'KYNETON' transit & light 'METCALFE' arrival b/s. Rated RRR on cover in the second period of use. An excellent & most unusual usage on OHMS Free Postal Stationery. Ex Max Watson. SymbolPSGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 355 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: Type 6 ('TPO 3/VICTORIA' with Arcs at the Sides) fine strike (& another lesser strike) of 10JL13 on Penny Roo x2 on cover-front to St Kilda. Rated RRRRR, being the only usage on cover recorded by Molnar & Waugh but Roy Holland's Lot 1417 included a 1919 postcard. GST†SymbolCGradeA- B1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 356 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 3: Part-strike of the boxed '-----/[P]O No 3' handstamp. Rated RRRR: only three examples on loose stamps, and no covers, recorded. Ex Max Watson. [The illustration at page 120 is a composite. This example is the most complete. With no example of the original state, one can only speculate as to the excised inscription. In fact, it is not certain that this is a TPO marking, though it is probable that is the case] SymbolSGradeA A3 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot 357 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 3: Type 1 (Large Octagon) very fine b/s of MY2368 on cover with Laureates 2d tied by very fine '119' with superb 'WOODEND' cds (ERD) on the face, to "Lake Cooper" with Sandhurst, very fine 'ROCHESTER' (ERD) & almost fine 'COROP' b/s, redirected to "Sandhurst Hospital" & returned via Rochester. Rated RRRR on cover, with only five recorded. [Illustrated at page 56] GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 358 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 3: Type 1 (Large Octagon) very fine b/s of SE2370 on cover from Melbourne with De La Rue 2d x3 tied by two very fine to superb strikes of the 'TPO/ 3 ' obliterator, to "Pioneer Crushing Works/Long Gully" with Sandhurst transit & light 'LONG-GULLY' arrival b/s, repaired opening tear. The obliterator is rated RRRRR, being the only recorded usage on a Down cover. [Illustrated at page 57] GST†SymbolCGrade(A-) A1 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 359 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 3: Type 2 (Duplex) largely very fine b/s of OC24/78 on cover with Bell 2d tied by superb recut BN '145' & very fine 25mm 'CHEWTON' cds alongside, Sandhurst arrival b/s, flap removed & small repair at the top. Rated RRRRR, with only three examples, all on cover, recorded. GST†SymbolCGradeB A2- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 360 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 3: Type 3 (Small Octagon) largely very fine cancel of MR5/88 on 1d Postal Card with message headed "Baynton", to Melbourne with Castlemaine transit b/s, small defects. Baynton is 20km NE of Kyneton & thus south of Castlemaine, meaning this card was first missorted onto an Up train. Rated RR on cover but this is the only instance of it being used as a canceller on cover. GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1- View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 361 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 3: Type 4 ('TPO 3/VICTORIA' with No Arcs) superb per favor strike of 10JA13 on KGV Fullface 1d Letter Card ("MT LOFTY RANGES/SOUTH AUSTRALIA" - horse & cart - in claret), unsealed. Gorgeous, if philatelic. [Illustrated at page 11: the pencil address didn't belong & has been removed] GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 362 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 3: Type 4 ('TPO 3/VICTORIA' with No Arcs) large-part strike of 16AP12 on face of stampless entire 'REPORT OF CASE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE' with Kyneton cds & superb 'T ("1d")'-in-val h/s, to "Elphingstone" [sic] but redirected with Postage Due 1d tied by 'METCALFE' cds. Rated RRRRR on cover, being the only recorded postal usage on cover. [A remarkably short haul TPO item. Elphinstone is only 24km - 14 miles - NNW of Kyneton] GST†SymbolCGradeA A2- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 363 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) very fine b/s of MY2267 on 'Victoria Police Gazette' wrapper with superb 'CHIEF SECRETARY' Frank h/s in blue & superb Melbourne duplex of MY17/67, to Kyneton but endorsed "Missent to Glenlyon" & returned to Malmsbury where placed aboard the next Up Train, fine oval 'KYNETON' arrival b/s, repaired tear & a little aged. Rated RRR on cover, with ten recorded. Ex George Bowman: acquired at the Prestige auction of GST†SymbolCGrade(B) A1 View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 364 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) fine b/s of OC969 on cover to Scotland with Laureates 1d x4 & 6d (rounded corner) tied by multiple very fine strikes of the 'TPO/ 4 ' obliterator, Melbourne transit of the same date & Glasgow arrival b/s of NO30/69. Carried per "Malta", departed Melbourne 13.10.1869; "Candia" ex Galle 4.11.1869; & "Syria" ex Alexandria 21.11.1869, arrived Marseilles 28.11.1869. GST†SymbolCGradeB A1- View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 365 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 1 (Large Vertical Oval) largely very fine b/s of 19FE73 on OHMS cover with '...PUBLIC INSTRUCTION' frank h/s in blue, superb 'MISSENT TO/RAVENSWOOD' h/s on the face (slightly affected by a repaired filing hole) & equally fine 'RAVENSWOOD' b/s (the only recorded example), placed on the next Up train with partial 'WALLAN WALLAN' arrival b/s, part of the flap is missing. The Oval is unusual for having been refigured to the DDMMYY format GST†SymbolCLGradeB A1- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 366 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 2 (Duplex) very fine part-strike of AU31/72 & another of the '[T]PO/ 4 ' portion on De La Rue 2d pair (one damaged). Rated RRRRR with only a few part-strikes, and no covers, recorded. This is the most "complete" example known. Illustrated at page 59. GST†SymbolSGradeA/B A2 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot 367 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 3 (CDS with 'GM4' Error) very fine cancel of JA8/83 on 1d Postal Card with message headed "Evening News Office", to Melbourne (arrival b/s), two small filled spikeholes well clear of the cds. Rated RRRRR as the only recorded example cancelling a stamp on cover. GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 368 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 3 (CDS with 'GM4' Error) very fine strike of JA19/76 on face of cover with Bell 2d cancelled with very fine 'TPO/ 4 ' obliterator, apparently from a Bendigo sender but missorted into the Melbourne Up Train mail, the error apparently noted by the Up Train mail guard who also applied the 'POSTED OUT/OF COURSE' h/s at upper-left, the cover then sent back to Bendigo with octagonal 'DOWN TRAIN/MG 3' b/s, Sandhurst transit & 'WHITE HILLS' GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 369 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 3 (CDS with 'GM4' Error) superb strike of FE22/81 on face of 1d Postal Card cancelled with superb 'TPO/ 4 ' obliterator, from Castlemaine with Melbourne arrival b/s, small central spikehole. GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1+ View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 370 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 3 (CDS with 'GM4' Error) fine b/s of MY27/80 on cover from Melbourne to "Newtown", sent first to Newtown Scarsdale (SW of Ballarat), then to Newtown Geelong, then to Beechworth, Maryborough, Kyneton (the TPO d/s applied on this sector), & Williamstown (with obscured 'UP TRAIN/MG 3' cds), sent to the Dead Letter Branch (b/s in green) where boxed 'POST TOWN/NOT/KNOWN IN VICTORIA' h/s applied on face at L/R, finally forwarded to Newtown GST†SymbolCGradeC B2 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 371 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 4: Type 6 ('TPO 4') largely very fine strike of 15JE15 tying KGV 1d red to cover to England, 'CREWE' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Rated RRRRR, being the earlier of only two recorded examples on cover. GST†SymbolCGradeB A1- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 372 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 4: Type 1 (Large Octagon) largely very fine strike of JA1666 tying Laureates 4d to cover front to White Hills, endorsed "More to pay 8d" & with very fine '("8d")/MORE TO PAY'-in-oval handstamp. Rated RRRRR as a cancellation. This is the earliest recorded MG 4 marking by nine months! Illustrated at page 58. [This is also probably the earliest recorded TPO cover with payment of the late fee reduced to 4d] GST†SymbolCGradeA- A2 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 373 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 4: Type 1 (Large Octagon) largely very fine b/s of OC2567 on cover from 'ELPHINSTONE' to 'WHITE HILLS' (oval d/s), repaired flap. Rated RRR on cover. GST†SymbolCGradeB A1- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 374 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 4: Type 1 (Large Octagon) largely very fine b/s of 3JY72 (LRD) on mourning cover from Scotland with Plate 5 1/- green, to "Scots Church/Melbourne" forwarded to 'TARADALE' (b/s) with De La Rue 2d x2 added for the redirection fee. Rated RRR+ with date configured DDMMYY (seen only in 1872). GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1- View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 375 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 4: Type 2 (Duplex) superb strike of MR11/72 of the datehead only on De La Rue 2d. Rated RRRRR, being the only recorded strike of the datehead. Only one example of the 'TPO/ 4 ' portion has also been recorded. [Illustrated at page 59!] GST†SymbolSGradeA A3+ View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 376 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 4: Type 3 (Small Octagon with 'GM4' Error) large-part b/s of MY24/83 on OHMS Justice of the Peace lettersheet to "Coliban Park" with 'KYNETON' arrival b/s, "Elphinstone" added to the address & forwarded the next day to 'REDESDALE' (ERD by 7 years), returned with light BN '38' & 'ELPHINSTONE' cds. Rated RRRR: nine examples recorded on cover. Ex George Bowman: acquired at the Prestige auction of 14.2.2004 for $920. GST†SymbolCLGradeA- A2 View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 377 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 4: Type 5 ('TPO 4') superb large-part strike of 23MR15 on KGV 1d red. Rated RRRR on stamp, with only seven examples - & no covers - recorded. GST†SymbolSGradeA A2+ View details Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 378 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - UP TRAIN 14: Type 1 ('TPO 14') superb large-part strike of 4MY28 on KGV 1½d red. Rated RRR on stamp, with only ten examples - & no covers - recorded. [TPO 14 was added to the Bendigo Line in 1883 - see Molnar & Waugh at page 61 - but the ERD for an Up Train 14 marking is 21SE20! Plus another 'DOWN' example of 25AP15 on KGV 1d red Envelope cutout] GST†SymbolSΔGradeA A2+ View details Estimate$175Price Realized$135StatusSold Lot 379 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 14: Type 1 (Duplex) superb almost complete b/s of DE7/83 on cover from Melbourne to "Fernihurst/Inglewood" with 'INGLEWOOD' duplex transit & 'BORUNG' arrival b/s. Rated RRRRR, with only three covers recorded. Ex Roy Holland: acquired for £300 (another bargain!). Illustrated at page 61. [Goldmining] GST†SymbolCGradeA A2+ View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot 380 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 14: Type 1 (Duplex) very fine large-part b/s of OC30/84 on Justice of the Peace lettersheet from Melbourne to "Bridgewater", "turned" with faint BN '622' & 'BRIDGEWATER-ON-LODDON' cds, superb 'UP TRAIN/MG3' transit b/s. The latest of the three recorded covers & the only one in combination with an MG3 marking. Acquired at the Prestige auction of 14.8.2004. GST†SymbolCLGradeA- A2 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 381 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 14: Type 2 (25mm Octagon) light but largely very fine b/s of FE28/89 on OHMS cover with 'ATTORNEY-GENERAL' Frank h/s & boxed 'REGISTERED' h/s both in rosine, to Smeaton with arrival b/s in blue, superb boxed 'UNCLAIMED' h/s in purple & returned with 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/CRESWICK' "belt & buckle" transit (the earlier of only two recorded examples) & light 'DLB' arrival b/s unusual in magenta; with the DLB 'RETURNED LETTER/REGISTERED' E GST†SymbolCLGradeA+ A2- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 382 TPOs: MELBOURNE-SANDHURST/BENDIGO 1865-1927 - DOWN TRAIN 14: Type 2 (25mm Octagon) light but obvious strike of DE31/06 on real photo PPC, to Kerang. Rated RRRR+, being only the second example we have seen as a canceller on cover. [In their census, Molnar & Waugh note the address as "Terang" which is in the Western District. Down Train 14 would then indicate a missent item. In fact, it is to Kerang which is NW of Bendigo] GST†SymbolCGradeA+ B1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 383 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 5: Type 2 (Duplex) superb cancel of MY28/85 on 1d Postal Card, Geelong transit and part 'GERMANTOWN' arrival b/s. Rated RR: the ERD on cover. [The message is headed "Kensington" which is part of North Melbourne, requiring TPO processing in the last mile of the route. The origin may have been "Kevington", near Jamieson, which could have allowed for carriage west to Seymour. Then again, the origin may have been "Kensington Hill" - 12km ESE of Geelong, o GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1+ View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 384 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 5: Type 2 (Duplex) very fine cancel of MR27/89 on 3d red/green Postal Card with message in Swedish, to Sweden but not uprated or taxed until arrival with manuscript "80" in blue & superb 'T'-in-inverted-triangle, largely very fine Swedish 'PXKP No 2 A...U' TPO cds, faint bends. Illustrated at page 66. [An excellent example of a relatively common postmark in uncommon circumstances: these cards paid the rate to the UK only via Italy. Additional postage GST†SymbolPSGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 385 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 5: Type 1 (22½mm Octagon) light but discernible cancel of JN24/80 - and a clearer b/s - on 1d Postal Card with message headed "Nagambie", horizontal crease at base. Rated RRRR: seven covers recorded but most have backstamps only. GST†SymbolPSGradeB B1- View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 386 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 5: Type 2 (Duplex) superb cancellation of AU11/84 on Bell 1d green x2 on small piece. Rated RRRRR, being the earliest - and the only complete example - of only three recorded strikes, all on loose stamps. [Illustrated at page 71] GST†SymbolΔGradeA- A1+ View details Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 387 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 5: Type 3 (23½mm Octagon) very fine cancellation of OC26/99 on 1d Postal Card with message headed "Cairnfield/Strath Creek", minor blemishes. Rated RRRRR, being the only recorded example on cover. [Illustrated at page 68] GST†SymbolPSGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 388 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 6: Type 1 (CDS with Colons before & after ':VICTORIA:') superb cancel of SE7/75 - & another exceptional b/s - on 'COMMR OF RAILWAYS & ROADS' Frank h/s in red - LRD in red by 20 months - on OHMS cover with 'VICTORIAN RAILWAYS/Office of Traffic Manager' imprint at L/L & endorsed "Wodonga", to "Urana/New South Wales/Via Deniliquin", 'ECHUCA' & 'DENILIQUIN' (NSW) transits & 'URANA' arrival b/s. A very desirable usage. Rated RRRR: only 6 covers recorded. [ GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 389 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 6: Type 3 (Duplex) very fine strike of the 'TPO/ 6 ' portion only on Naish Redrawn 2d violet. Rated RRRRR: the only recorded example. Illustrated at page 71. [It cannot be stated with certainty that this is an Up duplex, but that is far more likely than a Down type] GST†SymbolSGradeA A3 View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 390 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 6: Type 6a ('TPO 6' with 'UP' Wheel at Left) of 6AU13 (LRD) on 1d Roo; Type 6b ('TPO 6' with 'UP' Wheel at Right) of 30NO14UP (LRD) on KGV 1d red; and Type 7 ('TPO 6' with Arcs at Sides) superb strike of 19MR15 (ERD) on KGV 1d red. Rated C, RRR & S on stamps respectively. GST†SymbolSGradeA View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot 391 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 6: Type 6a ('TPO 6' with 'UP' Wheel at Left) very fine cancel of 17JA-- on 1d pink on PPC to "Greenvale" with note "We have just whizzed past you..." indicating it was posted aboard the train. Rated RRRR: only 6 covers recorded. [Molnar & Waugh mistakenly state that the dates on Commonwealth pattern datestamps were "slugs". In fact, they were wheels (which means, technically, that all the Commonwealth Period entries for 'UP' & 'DOWN' types should tech GST†SymbolCGradeA A1- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 392 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 6: Type 6b ('TPO 6' with 'UP' Wheel at Right) very fine large-part cancel of 11MR14UP on 1d Roo on PPC to Wangaratta. Rated RRRRR, being the only recorded usage on cover. [Datestamps were regularly disassembled for cleaning. Occasionally, as here, they were reassembled with the wheels in the wrong order. Usage on stamps is recorded for 11½ months, strongly indicating the service was done annually. The fact that Type 6a is recorded between 1908 & 1913 GST†SymbolCGradeA A2 View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot 393 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 6: Type 7 ('TPO 6' with Arcs at Sides) light but largely very fine cancel on "Star" Envelope 1d red to Melbourne. Rated RRRRR: the only recorded usage on cover. Illustrated at page 73. GST†SymbolPSGradeA+ B1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 394 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 6: Type 1 (22mm Small Octagon) two light but obvious cancels of FE21/81 on 1d Postal Card with message headed "Wangaratta", to Melbourne with light 'WODONGA' transit & Melbourne arrival b/s, two small closed spikeholes & minor blemishes. Rated RR+: only two examples as cancels on cover recorded. [Wangaratta is 69km SW of Wodonga. Placed on Down train to Wodonga where placed on Up train to Melbourne. On this line, this was standard procedure, not a c GST†SymbolPSGradeB B1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 395 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 6: Type 2 (27mm Medium Octagon) very fine cancel of JY2/02 on "Bantam" ½d Wrapper from Melbourne to Reuter's Telegram Agency in Sydney. [In 1898, TPO 6 was restricted to the Euroa-Benalla sector &, in 1904, it was assigned to the Benalla-Wodonga sector. In this period, only four covers are recorded. NB: the postmark illustrated at page 131 is too small & noted as 25mm only] GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 396 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 6: Type 3 ('TPO 4' with No Arcs) superb cancel of 22SE08 on PPC to Wangaratta. Rated RRRR: 8 covers recorded. [Illustrated at page 10] GST†SymbolCGradeA- A1+ View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 397 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 12: Type 1 (Duplex) largely superb cancel of AU14/82 on 1d Postal Card with message headed "Benalla", to Melbourne, two small closed spikeholes & a bit soiled. Rated RRRRR: the earlier of only two covers recorded. Illustrated at page 66. GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1 View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 398 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 12: Type 2 (22½mm CDS with Stops at Sides) very fine b/s of MY7/85 on NSW 1d Envelope uprated with 1d & 2d all tied by light strikes of what appears to be a mailbag seal overwritten with manuscript "X" cancels, from Sydney - firm's cachet on the flap - to Melbourne (b/s). A very appealing usage. Rated RR: the ERD on cover. GST†SymbolPSGradeA A1 View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 399 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - DOWN TRAIN 12: Type 2 (Duplex) very fine cancel of MY9/96 on 1d Postal Card with Havelock/Foster's advertising, to Albury (NSW) with message headed "Euroa". Rated RRR: the latest of 11 covers recorded. Another very appealing usage. Illustrated at page 69. [TPO 12 services were discontinued in 1898] GST†SymbolPSGradeA- A1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 400 TPOs: MELBOURNE-WODONGA 1873-1932 - UP TRAIN 13: Type 3 ('TPO 13/VICTORIA') very fine cancel of 18DE11 on 1d pink Envelope with 'Shire of Seymour' header, to Malvern, minor opening faults. Rated RRRR: only 7 covers recorded. GST†SymbolPSGradeB A1 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next
